DEATH DUTIES.

Taranaki Daily News, 9 May 1916, Page 7

DEATH DUTIES.

DECEASED PERSONS' ESTATES. During last month the estates of 215 deceased persons were certified for death duties. The largest was that of Charles Bowker (Canterbury), £83,781. Following are the principal estates in the various districts:—

Wellington—Jurgen H. IPeters £13,577, Robei: B. Taylor £10,924, Martin Bergin £4178, Wiiliam McLean £3920, William R. Richardson £3908, Samuel O. G. Vickers £2143, Joseph Terry £2138, Sophia F. Stevenson £2OBB, Herbert H. Petersen £lsOl, William Alexander £1552, Adam Forrest I £1520, Thomas E. Gaggard £1490, James E. Youmans £1312, Lilian M. Izard £IOO9, Hugh Taylor £1027, Alexander M. Moir £BB9, Edwin J. Gothard £842, Isabella McKenzie £648, Edward J. Fitzgibbon £BOI, Celia L. Lee £OO7, Charles Bauckham £569, Mary Jane Ross £561, Robert A. Sullivan £SOO.

Auckland.—Thomas Wilson £23,091, Benjamin Armitage £16.091, Agne9 Amy Hall £15,575, Frederick Norton £5552, John Lynch £4031, Mary Emily Norton £454!), Frederick W. Littlewood £4524, Mary Harvey £4OOI, Mary B. Anderson £2781, Hector E. H. K. Taylor £2734, Raymond R. C. Collett £2308, Charles J. E. Young £2290, Hugh Manson£lß67, Sarah Williams £1739, Annie S. Carer £lOOl, William Armitage £1553, John C- Fraser £ 1420, Charles E. Millington £1390, Edward B. Parsons £l3Ol, Sarah Fountain £1097, Maria Kilfoyle ,€1074, John Griffiths £9OO, Tliomason V. Goldsmith £905, Conrad C. A. Tuypens £B7B, Barbara A. M. Aicken £Bl2, Henry Heywood £Bl2, Alexander Andrew £BOO, Mary Ann Galloway. £797, Louisa Vincent £7OB, Edward Bullivant £739, Leddra Le Gallais £7ll, Frederick E. J. Gladding £697, James Glanfield £614, Harry C. Northcroft £609, Joseph Bell £563, Henry R. George '£556, Christina Hartly £S4S. Canterbury.—Charles Bowker £83,781, James Trent £13,820, Percy J. Overton £12,809, Joan Gracia £9066, Louise S. Cram £9411, Edward Cookson £2061, Benjamin Shepherd £I9OO, John Butterfield £1874, Harley E. Le Mare £I7OB, Thomas Brnshaw £1697, John F.. Walker £1417, Margaret McGrath £1368, George J. H. W. Fry £1350, Thomas Bates £l2lO, Dominico Serra £1159, .Arthur Waters £1066, Mary Green £1044, Henry Chapman £1043, Edwin Smith £B7B, Martin Bourke £799, Charles Gilberthorpe £793, Samuel M. Strain £787, Thomas Newton £756, Francis T. Paterson £694, Augustus H. Shury £578, Walter W. Walker £565, Thomas Crampton £565.

Otago.—lPeter Law £25,567, George H. Stewart £18,508, William Meluish £7916, Thomas P. Farra £4684, Jesse W. Dalgish £3388, George Ross £2978, Lorna A. Rattray £2864, Margaret Samuel £2312, Sarah Watson £1993, Mary McGregor £1629, Elizabeth Sowersby £I6OB, Thomas Bryce £I4OO, Richard D. Trounce £1373, Henry Eldridge £1229, John H. Bunce £U9S, Robert O. Rodger £llO7, Emily L. Oswin £IIOS, Arthur Nicholls £742, Norman Baxter £6OO, Richard Price £506, William A. Johnstone £564, Mary H. Harris £544, Mary Wolter £633, John Russell £5lB.

New Plymouth.—Jane Torry £1571, Burliiison Chisholm £1227, Frances A. Leatham £741, William Free. £599. , Marlborough. Albert E. Webster £2IBB.

Poverty Bay—Hannar Taylor £1678, Lionel H. Bradshaw £1307, John Edwards £1260, Reginald W. D. S. Mcßae £551.

Westland.—John Johnson £2231, II C. C. Burr £528.

Nelson.—Thomas Hollis £931, Frank E. Hobson £865, Charles S, McFarlane £<l4S.

Southland.| Janet C. Thompson £4638, George I. Queale £4300, Mary Garbey £1582, 'Robert J. T. Jaqiuery £1472, David Mitchell £1057, James McLaren £BBS, Alleyne G. Webster £774, David Anderson £750.